Kad Merad
Biography
Kad Merad is a French-Algerian filmmaker and actor who has acted both on stage and on screen.
Kad Merad was born in Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria, on March 27, 1964 to an Algerian father and a French mother.
During his teens, he played drums and sang with various rock bands. Soon afterwards, he started playing as an animator in Club Med alongside the Gigolo Brothers troop.
In 1990, he was hired by Ouï FM, the Paris Rock genre station where he met Olivier Baroux. The duet most known as Kad & Olivier began working together and started their own show, the Rock'n Roll Circus, introducing some of their most famous sketches (Pamela Rose, Teddy Porc Fidèle...). The early success of the show allowed them to meet Jean-Luc Delarue who brought their act to TV.
In 1999, they began appearing on the French Satellite TV channel Comédie+ on their own show, La Grosse Emission. At the same time, Merad started his Cinema career with a lot of secondary roles.
In 2003, he scored his First box-office success with Mais Qui a tué Pamela Rose?, co-written with Baroux.
In 2007, Kad received the César Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Je vais Bien, ne t'en fais pas! and appears in AaRON's film soundtrack video clip. His best challenger was Dany Boon. During the shooting of Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis, this friendly struggle was a running joke between the two of them.
That same year, he made his first appearance with Les Enfoirés music troop and is still one of its members. He was also inducted as the Godfather of the Telethon.
The next year, he starred as Phillipe Abrams in the French movie Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis. The film was a surprise - and phenomenal - success in France and Europe, becoming the best-attended movie ever made in France, with 21 million moviegoers.
Known For
Acting
2006
asPaul Tellier
2007
asRachid
2021
asSelf
2023
as
2021
asSelf
2003
asRichard Bullit
2008
as
2004
asChabert
2006
asPaul
2023
asSelf - Guest Star
2009
asNicolas's father
2007
asBaptiste 'Titi' Capla
2008
asPhilippe Abrams
2009
asArthur Lepage
2018
asSelf
2006
asCardoux
2010
asTony Zacchia
2008
asRobert Pelage
2009
asRichard Dacier
2008
asJacky Jacquet
2014
as
2010
asDino/Mourad
2011
asFélipe Rambert
2010
asMichel Boudriau
2008
asOlivier
2003
asle médecin légiste
2011
asRobert Pique
2006
asGérard
2007
asJacques
2003
asActor who refuses to film with Laurent
2003
asLe directeur artistique de Pacific Recordings
2007
asHimself
2003
asPierre 2
2011
asPère Lebrac
2006
asVincent
2024
asLino
2007
asFrédéric Alvaro
2011
as
2007
asJacques Charlot
2001
as
2001
asM. Golden
2022
asSamir Amin
2012
asMartin Kazinski
2012
asLa narrateur
2002
as
2011
asLe poissonnier
2012
asstar
2017
asSelf
2012
asRichard Bullit
2001
asLe motard
2013
asRoni Melkowich
2023
asLouis
2020
as
2013
asLouis
2025
asSlim / Barnabé VI
2014
asDimitri Zvenka
2022
asMembre du comité de soutien
as
2014
asNicolas' father
2022
asSelf
asBabi Maklouf
2014
asSerge Renart
2022
asSelf
2019
asSelf - Comedian
2015
asDaniel
2015
asPatrice
2020
asRichard Bullit
2024
as
2024
asJean-François Casteigne
2015
as
2022
asSelf
2015
asKiki
2023
asSelf
2025
asAugustin Masset
2003
as
2016
asPaolo
2006
asOncle Tango
2024
asAntonin
2025
asPatrick
2017
asMr. Godet
2017
asSimon Daoud
2004
asLe Mexicain Cellule
2017
as
2016
asActeur à la télévision anglaise
2018
asDr Steinman
2004
asKad Merad
2018
asJoseph
2002
asGustave
2018
asMichel
2018
asStéphane
2018
asKad Merad
2019
asAlex
2019
asSelf - Guest
2019
ashimself- narrateur
asMonsieur Tosca
2020
asMarco
2015
asKad Merad (uncredited)
2019
as
2019
as
2020
as
2016
as
2014
as
2018
as
2015
asSelf
2020
asÉtienne Carboni
2005
asMartin
2016
asSelf - Guest
2018
asSelf
2021
as
2010
as
2021
asPierre
2005
asle génie Ouzmoutousouloubouloubombé
2022
asThierry
2003
asGérard Lanza
2024
asSelf
2019
asThomas Kertez
2025
as
2025
asMichel
2006
as2026
asNathan Dinke
2026
as
2025
asSelf (archive footage)
2025
asSelf : Godfather of Pasteur Institute
2025
asSelf
asSelf
asRichard Altman
asSelf
asSelf - Guest
asMaitre Georges Kiejman
asSelf - Guest
asTimo
asSelf
asPatrice
asSelf - Guest
asUn psychopathe
asPhilippe Rickwaert
asSelf
as
asSelf - Guest
asRichard Bullit
asDaniel Rivière
as
asSelf
asPatrice
asSelf
asClaude
as
asYaziz
asSelf
asMaxwell
asThomas Kertez
asSylvain Cresson
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf - Guest
asSelf
asSelf - Guest
asSelf - Guest
asSelf
asCharles Moreau
asSelf - Guest
asSelf - Guest
asSelf - Guest
asSelf - Host
as Production
Crew
Directing
2011
as2021
as2001
as2012
as2016
as2007
as2020
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